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Snapdragon XR2+ Latency Impresses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Meta has used Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ chip in its new Quest Pro headset (Meta Quest Pro Revealed) and one of the key features that has enabled the passthrough AR is the …

Tags:Mixed Reality| Qualcomm| Video Processors

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Apple Adds New Supplier for miniLED SMT

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported last month on a possible move to Hybrid OLED technology for the iPad by 2024 (Apple expected to use hybrid OLED for iPad). Now Digitimes reports that Taiwan Surface Mounting …

Tags:Apple| iPad| MiniLED

EU Corrects Power Calculation Equation

by Bob Raikes

 What They Say In the discussions on the website about the issue of power consumption and 8K TVs, I found the regulations very confusing as the equation for calculation didn’t seem to make sense …

Tags:Europe| Power Consumption

Meta Quest Pro Revealed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say As expected, Meta showed off its new headset: It costs $1500 It has eye- and face-tracking and colour passthrough AR using 3 Cameras. The pancake optics are 40% slimmer and IPD …

Tags:| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

ViewSonic Unveils 34″ Ultra-Wide Curved ELITE Gaming Monitors for Panoramic Gameplays

by Artem Alekseenko

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solutions, announces two new ultra-wide 34-inch curved ELITE gaming monitors – the premium ELITE XG341C-2K equipped with Mini-LED technology, and the hyper-responsive ELITE XG340C-2K. With a maximized visual scope, both monitors offer …

Tags:Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| MiniLED| ViewSonic

Notebook Market Consolidating Around Big Six

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We were digging around to find the source of an article by The Elec that suggested that the current LCD Panel oversupply will continue to 2023, quoting Trendforce, when we found …

Tags:Notebooks| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Pricing| Samsung

Acer Unveils the World’s Lightest 16-inch OLED Laptop

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Acer announced that it has the lightest OLED notebook with a 16″ OLED display. The 3840×2400 display has support for100% of DCI-P3, 500 cd/m² peak brightness, and <0.2ms response time. It has …

Tags:Acer| Notebooks| OLEDs

TV Panel Price Trends in Sep. 2022 (Early September Version)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell of China released its data for early September TV LCD panel prices and despite this normally being a ‘hot season’ for TV panel purchases, the firm said that the market …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Pricing

ViewSonic: Guarantee against pixel defects in VP monitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Prad.de has reported that the 27-inch UlttraHD ViewSonic ColorPro VP2786-4K monitor will have a five year warranty and the warranty will cover ‘all kinds of pixel errors’. The blog said that the manufacturer …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| ViewSonic| warranty